Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03

A disastrous fire occurred at Pittsburg
on the 3lst. The glass manufacturing
firms of S. Mckee & Co. and King, Son
& Co. are the principal losers. A large
number of men are thrown out of work.
Two men were caught by falling walls
and badly hurt. Loss, $150,000; insur-
ance, $4,000.
Fire at Ft. Wayne, Ind, on the 31st
destroyed the hide and tallow establish
ment of Wall Bros. & Co., and the livery
barn of O.. E. Barnum. Loss, $35, 200;
insurance about $4,000.
At Detroit on the 3lst fire was discov-
cred in the grain and feed storage ware
house of F. III. Emmons, on the wharf
ing buildings of the Grummond Line,
Ashley and Mitchell and others, causing
total loss of $50, 900.
Six acres of ground at Cincinnati,
principally occupied by homes of poor
people, together with a number of sta
bles, was burned over on the Goth. Not
even household goods were saved, but
no lives are reported lost. Over $50
people were rendered homeless. Sew
eral fremen were overcome by the heat.
The LOSS is placed at 100000.
The Rockland cafe and large clambake
pavilion connected with the Hotel Nan
tasket, at Nantasket Beach, Boston Har-
Dor, were burned on the evening of the
29th. The great hotel was saved with
great difficulty. Loss about $25, GOO; in
sured.
Chicago had its usual daily fire on the
30th. At 2 o'clock in the morning fire
broke out in the Wells & French Com
near the corner of Blue Island Avenue
n no hn 40
were extinguished a loss of 800 900 had
been caused. Sixty men working in the
blacksmith shop adjoining had a narrow
escape, making their exit barely in time
to save their lives, the entire works be-
ing soon ablaZe.
Fire broke out on the night of the 2Sth
in the second floor of D. W. Ryan's
cooper shop at 19 to 81 Coventry Street,
corner North Avenue, Chicago. The
building was huge frame structure so
by 101 feet Within fifteen minutes the
entire structure was destroyed. Loss
$4,000.
A fire starting in Armour's new beef
house at the stock yards, Chicago, on the
9th, caused loss of nearly 100000 to
Offset which there is an insurance of
$4,000. The beef house was cheap
two-story and basement frame structure
VouoOT0u Will DT1Ch dllO CONSIGu IcdIly
an entire square The basement con-
tanned about $4,000 hides. On the first
floor were between 5000 and 1000
dressed cattle and over 1000 undressed,
while on the second floor were 500
dressed sheep. and about 100 hogs. The
building was almost totally destroyed,
and most, if not all the contents suffered
similar fate, although Mr.. Armour be-
lieves that the salvage will be large
enough, especially on hides, to enable
| him to get out about even. The insurance
was all on the stock except 500, 900 and
| was distributed among very large num-
Der of companies.
4 fire at Georgetown, KY, n the
9th, destroyed seven buildings in the
| business part of the town, including the
| Office of the Times newspaper. Total
loss estimated at $4,000.
The "Dig Boston," a large siNstory
brick building at Minneapolis, caught
fire at 10 o'clock on the night Of the Goth
All the engines in the city were called
out. There was another fire on the
other side of the river at the same time
and three engines were ordered from
| St. Paul to take care of it, but it was in.
significant. The EBig Boston" was oc-
cupied on the first floor by w. F. Steele
& Co., extensive clothiers, the second
and third floors by the Franklin Bazaar
1t is impossible to estimate their losses
which will be very heavy. The tota
| loss will be $500 600 to $3.50, 900.